Scooter rider dies after Upper East Side SUV collision
At East 79th Street and Second Avenue, a southbound moped rider was killed in a crash the city linked to traffic-control disregard, and amNY reported that police arrested Volvo SUV driver Shraga Orgad on an unlicensed-driving charge.
What We Know
A rider traveling south on Second Avenue was killed late Sunday night at East 79th Street. The city crash record describes the rider’s vehicle as a moped and lists traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor; amNY, citing police, described the rider as a 19-year-old on a gas-powered scooter who collided with a Volvo SUV driven east on 79th Street. The article reported that the rider was ejected and hit a light pole before EMS took him to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he died. Police identified the Volvo driver as Shraga Orgad of Brooklyn and said he was treated for minor injuries, then arrested and charged with driving without a license. The public crash record and the article do not align on the rider’s age: the article reported 19, while the city person record carries an age entry of 124.
Late-night crash at Second Avenue
The crash happened at 11:53 p.m. on July 14, 2024, at East 79th Street and Second Avenue in Manhattan. The city crash record lists one motorist killed and one motorist injured.
amNY reported, citing police, that a 19-year-old man was riding a gas-powered scooter south on Second Avenue when he collided with a Volvo SUV driven eastbound on 79th Street. The article said the impact ejected the rider from the scooter and sent him into a light pole.
A dangerous Second Avenue corridor
The collision occurred at East 79th Street and Second Avenue on the Upper East Side. CrashCountNYC location data for Second Avenue in Manhattan shows 3,205 crashes, 1,880 injuries, 131 serious injuries and 12 deaths from the start of 2022 through June 1, 2026.
The rider died at the hospital; the SUV driver was arrested
EMS took the rider to Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he died, amNY reported. The article said police had not identified him at the time of publication.
Police identified the Volvo SUV driver as Shraga Orgad, 26, of Brooklyn, according to amNY. The article reported that he was treated for minor injuries, then arrested and charged with driving without a license.
The records describe a moped or scooter and a Volvo SUV
The city crash record lists a 2024 Taizhou Qianxin moped traveling south and a 2023 Volvo SUV traveling east, with both drivers going straight ahead before the crash. amNY described the rider’s vehicle as a gas-powered scooter and the other vehicle as a Volvo SUV.
Traffic-control disregard appears in the official record
The city crash record lists traffic-control disregard as a contributing factor for the crash and for the moped rider. The article did not report a traffic-control charge tied to the fatal collision.